June 26, 2010 Our day on ice!
Close to the edge
Down under
A piece of floe!
Our team went to the shore and hopped around (and under) several interesting looking ice floes. many of these had floated to shore with the high tide and will eventually float back out during low tide. Others will get stranded on the gravel and sand and most will eventually melt over the next month or so. BTW, what’s the difference between an ince floe, iceberg, and ice blog?
Random ice floe
Look at me!
Give me a hand
Landing on an ice floe!
We took zodiac rafts out onto the open sea in the Hudson Bay and visited several very large floes. Our skipper found one that was thick enough to support our combined weights, so we got a chance to get out and take a walk around on top of the ice floe, which you’ll remember, was floating freely about a mile off shore! This particular sheet of ice was sticking about a foot above the water, and therefore was about eight feet under water, due to the differences in density of fresh vs. salt water.
Ice floe landing
Going with the floe!
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Mrs. T.
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Wow, the area looks so fresh! And it must be a wonderful break from the bugs.
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Mr. T
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It was a nice break from the bugs. Believe it or not, there were a couple of mosquitos that found me even on the ice floe a mile off shore!
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nadean azzam
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That looks like sooo much fun, and really really cold too!!!!
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Mr. T
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it was great! Even though the Hudson Bay is connected to the Atlantic Ocean and is salty, the ice floes are pure water (no salt at all)!
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Swetha Akella
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it looks like you found your self a new themepark! iceworld!!!!! hope you didnt fall of the ice
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Courtney Sam
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that looks like so much fun! it’s a good thing you didn’t fall into the water. hahaha. that would be and extremely cold swim.